Chestnut-backed Thrush
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| Zoothera dohertyi Hartert, 1896 |
The Chestnut-backed thrush (Zoothera dohertyi) is a ground thrush species endemic to Lombok, Timor and the Lesser Sunda Islands in Indonesia. The species is rapidly declining and it is already extinct on Lombok and possibly on Lesser Sunda. There are only 4 ISIS registered which hold this species - Bristol Zoo, Chester Zoo, Jersey Zoo and Waddesdon Manor bird gardens. Three of these zoos successfully breed them and there are now 24 of them in captivity.
A European species, the Fieldfare, was once also known by this name [1].
[edit] References
- BirdLife International (2004). Zoothera dohertyi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 10 June 2006.
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